A Study on the Enlightenment of the U.S. 2019 Missile Defense Review on the Framework Design of Military English for Rocket Force

Abstract

Under the background of the new military reform around the world and the reform of military English teaching in military academies in China, the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Department of Rocket Force University of Engineering is actively planning to compile the Military English for Rocket Force with the characteristics of rocket force and for the future war. Based on the analysis and study of the framework of the U.S. nuclear strategy and the new version of 2019 Missile Defense Review issued by the US Department of Defense, this paper elaborates the enlightenment of the report on the framework design and content arrangement of the Military English for Rocket Force. The analysis lays a good foundation for the subsequent course compilation, and hopes to provide some reference for military academies to compile military English courses with military characteristics.

Military English Teaching in Chinese Military Academies: A Review

“…Developing a suitable textbook is rather complex since it concerns objectives of a course, needs of both teachers and students, requirements of the society on language usage, and assistance and support for learning (Cunningsworth, 1995). Currently, most studies under this subtopic focused on the language used (Wang et al, 2016), overarching framework (Yin et al, 2019), and topics covered (Wei, 2015;Wang, 2018;Zhang et al, 2019). Few instead took another perspective like the textbook user for exploration.…”